While the mobile version of Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has been a smash hit among gamers in India, it has attracted a backlash from parents and police, who now want the “addictive” and “harmful” game banned for good. Just ahead of the first anniversary of its release, Indian law enforcers are accusing the popular game…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The number of participants in high school sports increased for the 26th consecutive year in 2014-15 – topping the 7.8 million mark for the first time – according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Based on figures from the 51 NFHS…
A crowd of Yellow Vest protesters broke into and trashed a Masonic lodge in the French village of Tarbes. The ransacking has been condemned by the French government, who accused the protesters of “stupidity” and “intolerance.” Some 450 protesters had gathered in Tarbes on Saturday for the 17th straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations. Around midnight,…
Activision and Treyarch have announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s battle royale mode, Blackout, will be entering a free trial period for one week beginning Thursday for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The trial will last from January 17-24, and will include characters, locations, weapons and gear from the paid base battle royale mode….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sweeping through its first Lone Star Conference series, West Texas A&M tightened its grip on the No. 1 ranking in this week’s NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced by the Association on Wednesday morning. With the sweep of then-No. 20 Tarleton State, the Lady Buffs (20-0) gained three more first-place votes…
New Australian research has found that men and women who are more extroverted may have more sex than their more introverted counterparts. Carried out by researchers at Queensland University of Technology, the study looked at data gathered from 2,998 heterosexual males and 1,480 heterosexual females who took part in the 2016 Australian Sex Survey. Participants…
An Israeli-bound Norwegian Airlines plane has been forced to return to Stockholm, just one of the troubled Boeing 737 MAX jets being diverted in Europe as nations close their airspace one by one over the deadly crash in Ethiopia. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Tuesday announced an EU-wide airspace ban on the aircraft…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Louisiana-Lafayette senior catcher Lexie Elkins was the No. 1 overall pick by the Pennsylvania Rebellion in the 2016 NPF College Draft presented by Bownet on Thursday evening at the CMA Theater in Nashville, located within the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Elkins was the first player from Louisiana and the…
Netflix has been sued over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch by a children’s book publisher who owns the trademark to “Choose Your Own Adventure.” As reported by THR, Chooseco, LLC, who owns the previously mentioned trademark, filed a lawsuit in Vermont federal court today and said that while it and Netflix had been in “extensive negotiations that…
With marijuana now legal in Canada, many people are making their way into the cannabis industry, bringing their skills and training into the budding sector. And while black market weed has typically been a male-dominated industry, female leaders in legal cannabis say there’s no better time for women to get a foothold than now. Unlike…